Gastrophysa polygoni
Silhouette: Birgit Lang · PhyloPic
In 3 days ~20% in a week ~50%
Gastrophysa polygoni is a species of leaf beetle in the subfamily Chrysomelinae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. The species can be up to 5mm long and is green-blue in colour. The thorax is orange and the wing cases are a metallic green, and the beetle can be seen in spring and summer. Wikipedia →
| # | Park | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wadden Sea National Park | 🇩🇪 Germany |
More parks will be added in future updates.
| # | City | Country | Daily sighting probability |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bishkek | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | |
| 2 | Astana | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | |
| 3 | Kyiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 4 | Kharkiv | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | |
| 5 | Warsaw | 🇵🇱 Poland | |
| 6 | Bucharest | 🇷🇴 Romania | |
| 7 | Nizhny Novgorod | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 8 | Novosibirsk | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 9 | Kazan | 🇷🇺 Russia | |
| 10 | Almaty | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan |
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report a Knotweed Leaf Beetle sighting in Warsaw on a given day, based on 28 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 149th most-seen of the 580 insects we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 20%, and over a week to about 50%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May to September
In those months about 10% of wildlife watchers report a Knotweed Leaf Beetle in Warsaw on a given day, against under 5% in October to April, the lowest months.
Between 9 am and noon
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most Knotweed Leaf Beetle sightings with a recorded time, and about 8 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
5th of 21
Of the 21 cities where we can rate Knotweed Leaf Beetle sightings, Warsaw ranks 5th at about 10%. The best odds are in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan, about 30%), Astana (Kazakhstan, about 10%) and Kyiv (Ukraine, about 10%).
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the Knotweed Leaf Beetle is recorded against all the insects logged in Warsaw (28 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
